Event 54 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-30-2009 23:15 UTC-12

Day 3 Seating Assignments and Chip Counts

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Play resumes at 1:00pm.

(Table 150)
Seat 1: John Spagnuolo - 553000
Seat 2: Philippe Narboni - 245000
Seat 3: Eric Hayes - 550000
Seat 4: Andrew Malott - 540000
Seat 5: Sergey Konkin - 1400000
Seat 6: Felix Lambertz - 166000
Seat 7: Thai Tran - 280000

(Table 151)
Seat 1: Christopher Bonita - 200000
Seat 2: Jon Christensen - 672000
Seat 3: Steven Rubinfeld - 208000
Seat 4: Brian Green - 160000
Seat 5: Miha Remic - 433000
Seat 6: Joseph Chaplin - 1095000
Seat 7: Kevin Rosini - 344000

(Table 152)
Seat 1: Paulo Nunes - 162000
Seat 2: David Jaoui - 436000
Seat 3: Vivek Rajkumar - 216000
Seat 4: Stephen Outram - 226000
Seat 5: Mike Ratcliff - 745000
Seat 6: Wayne Chow - 182000
Seat 7: Todd Lundwall - 399000

(Table 153)
Seat 1: Jason Wheeler - 608000
Seat 2: Matt Stern - 245000
Seat 3: Arkadiy Tsinis - 574000
Seat 4: Chistopher DeMaci - 1332000
Seat 5: Mike Maher - 106000
Seat 6: Tony Veckey - 351000
Seat 7: Brandon Wong - 251000

07-01-2009 07:30 UTC-12

The Final Push to the Bracelet

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Welcome to Day 3 of the final $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'em event of the 2009 WSOP. We have 28 players remaining as we play our way toward a final table and, eventually, a champion.

Sergey Konkin leads the way with 1,400,000 and is followed closely by Chris DeMaci and Joe Chaplin, the only other players with more than one million chips. Cards will be in the air in 30 minutes, so stick around and see who will become the newest WSOP bracelet winner.

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

07-01-2009 08:05 UTC-12

...And We're Off

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Cards are in the air as Day 3 begins.

07-01-2009 08:12 UTC-12

Brandon Wong Eliminated

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Brandon Wong raised to 43,000 from the cutoff and Jason Wheeler reraised to 115,000 from the button. Wong considered his remaining stack for a few seconds before pushing all in, and Wheeler snap called.

Wong: {A-Spades}

Wheeler:

A board of {2-Clubs}

fell Wheeler's way, and Wong went to the rail.

07-01-2009 08:18 UTC-12

Lambertz Doubles Through Hayes

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Andrew Malott made it 42,000 to go from under-the-gun and Felix Lambertz moved all in. Action folded to Eric Hayes who also shoved, and Malott folded.

Lambertz: {K-Clubs}

Hayes:

A board of {3-Diamonds}

provided no help for Hayes, who slipped to 360,000 while Lambertz climbed to 400,000.

07-01-2009 08:31 UTC-12

Green Doubles Through Tsinis

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Brian Green moved all in from under-the-gun and action folded to Arkadiy Tsinis in the big blind, who called.

Green: {7-Diamonds}

Tsinis:

The board of {3-Hearts}

did no damage to Green's hand, and he doubled up to about 250,000.

07-01-2009 08:35 UTC-12

Mike Maher Eliminated in 27th Place ($19,848)

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Mike Maher moved all in pre and got called by Felix Lambertz.

Maher: {9-?}

Lambertz:

The board of {6-?}

provided no help for Maher, who left 27th with a payday worth $19,848.

07-01-2009 08:47 UTC-12

Stephen Outram Eliminated 26th ($19,848); Eric Hayes Eliminated 25th ($19,848)

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Stephen Outram moved all in from under-the-gun and Eric Hayes re-shoved from middle position. Action moved to Chris DeMaci, who also moved in.

Outram: {J-Diamonds}